Maruti Suzuki India reported on Monday a nearly three-fold jump in net profit at Rs 656.55 crore (Rs 6.56 billion) for the quarter ending March 31, 2010.

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 243.13 crore (Rs 2.43 billion) in the corresponding quarter of 2008-09 fiscal, Maruti Suzuki India told the Bombay Stock Exchange.

The total income during the fourth quarter of the last fiscal increased by 30.06 per cent to 8,503.52 crore (Rs 85.03 billion) from Rs 6,538.34 crore (Rs 65.38 billion) in the same period previous fiscal, it added.

For the entire 2009-10 financial year, MSI's consolidated net profit soared by over two-fold at Rs 2,624.64 crore (Rs 26.24 billion), as against Rs 1,227.45 crore (Rs 12.27 billion) in FY'09.